Mae Virginia Cowdery
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Mae Virginia Cowdery (January 10, 1909 – 1953) was an African-American poet and participant in the Harlem Renaissance.[1]
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, her mother was a social worker and an assistant director of the Bureau for Colored Children (later the Bureau for Child Care); her father was a caterer and postal worker, Lemuel Cowdery.[2] Cowdery discovered her talent for poetry as a child. Three of her poems were published in Black Opals, a local Philadelphia Journal. In a poetry contest sponsored by The Crisis, her poem "Longings" won first place.
Works
- We Lift Our Voices and Other Poems, 1936
References
- ↑ Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance, 2 volumes, Editors Paul Finkelman and Cary Wintz, Psychology Press, 2004. ISBN 0203319303, 9780203319307
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